Gerald McDonnell and John McDonnell

ID: 615 ~ Source: McDonnell/Radow Family ~ Date: 1943
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Jerry poses with his father shortly after his enlistment in the U.S. Navy.

This file appears in: Enlistment in the Navy

By Gerald McDonnell
“At any rate, I joined the Navy when I was 17, went to boot camp at Sampson, New York. Very cold up there. Why I joined the Navy? I have no idea. I had never even seen the ocean before. But I went to boot camp."